Eyes on the prize!
Great article on reaching the closure on time, on budget and in desired quality.
Destructive manager behaviours series
A trully great piece of work up until now, there are 2 published and surely hoping for more.
Check out the outher pieces as they come, there should be nine in the end.
Change control is important?
Here is a great article on whether or not we should strictly adhere to change management protocols.
Its good, but you should really check the comment, some smart stuff there! 
Nasty does not equal useless!
A nasty temper does not exclude the possibility of great ideas.
I am sure everybody has a coworker with fire coming out of his mouth as soon as he opens it. But does it mean he is not allowed to have great ides? Definitely not, but if you start with a wall on front of someone they need to have an incrementaly more awesome idea the nastier they are. Next time a constantly nagging guy comes to you with idea, stop and listen to him maybe he has something smart to say.
Are there more nasties in the male population or is it just me?
Oh-oh to ta-da
Here is actually a video on how knowledge impairs performance!
Ran into it thanks to this blog.
He (or she) asks some interesting questions on how much we loose by being project managers. Proces this, methodology this, follow this, chart this… blah blah blah. Are we loosing the feel for it and just becoming a sofisticated type of monkies in suits?
Not really, but we are deffinitely loosing the joy of watching the work develop and hapily seing it come to a fruitful end.
Is team building really useful?
Don’t get me wrong having a “team” feel like a Team (not A Team) to each other makes perfect sense, but why is that every organization is looking for a follow the book solution? Teams get built with you or without you. They can build against you if you are not careful! Clear cut lines between rank and file don’t really work in the modern economy with the rank being able to add a lot of value to work. Be honest to the guys and girls, have an honest down to earth conversation from time to time and ask for their opinions. When I say ask for their opinions I don’t mean just put it in some file and throw it away, think about it, give them feedback and let them know they are valued.
This is what got me thinking.
